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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-12

iorulance al the uai..-,,
some one fired n small pistol which
considerably startled the audience. 1t
was probably fred behind the scenes
by one Of tue players, but for few
seconds created something of a sensa
ton,
IHF Iron Turbine Wind engine run
with less wind and are more durable
AMI gives better satisfaction than any
mil in the market Call and see
mode'at y. a. Schcoder's and be your
own Judge. Every one guaranteed.
BUY ne Iron Turbine engine and tho
buckeye Force pump, and you are
sure to be pleased.
Considerable attention was attract
ed on The streets yesterday by YER
liable giant in stature who was per-
iecilY unconscious Of the interest be
wa creating. The gentleman If not
iGIIy seven feet high was but little
snort OF il aud as compared with him
lhe average man he pa led was small
mortal
The EXAMINERS boast that there
were men in Waco who could catch
ne train robbers has been given adj
1,itional prestige by the capture by
lnited States Deputy Joe NJ Waller
OF the Lone Horsemsn.' The boast,
II boast it be, Is renewed. Waco dc
'ectiyes can catch them if given OPP
portumty and fair prospect OF re
muneration.
When his honor, the mayor, took
Als seat in his court Yesterday he was
confronted by two lonesome trampt
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-12
FRIDAN, oCToHDR -.

Ninth day of the great Texas State
Far aud Dallas Exposition. Grand
Concerts in Music hat, by the cc'c
brated National Band OF the Repub
lie of Mexico. Grand opening of tie
horticultural Department. Cut
Flower Day. Chariot Rpces, Flying
Tropeze. Arena Exhibition of Live
took, Cattle ioping, Military Drills.
Rae On Track.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-12

behind s. lumber pile and make for
the engine, on which he leaped
simultaneously the cconu robAcr
from his hiding place sooner than le
intended to appear. When he got on
the engine he was in a heat Of p4..
sion and said to his partner; This
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-12

NlXfeentH DAY o. INC grew ToNq5
state Fair and Dallas Exposition.
Grand concerts iu Music Hall, by the
celebrated National band of the Re
public Of Mexico Balloon ascension.
Charot races Flying trapcze. Cat.
tie roping Military drills. Races on
track ut 2 p. ID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
VERDPS OTELLOv SUNG IN MILAN

MILAN, Feb. 6.-Verdi's new opera, "Otcllo,'
produced last hight at the Theatre Della
Scala. The first, second and fourth acts wero
received with storms Of plaudits, but the third
was less successful. The pathetic Willow song
touched all hearts At the close Of the opera Verdi
was repeatedly recalled, amid deafening cheers, COW
cred with wreaths and garlands, and finally es-
corted to his hotel by immense crowds, whose
shouts Of "ErvNa Verdi echoed through tho
city. The scenery was splendid. and the orches-
ira work excellent, but the choral singing was
not first class. Signor Maurel. the baritone, die
vided the honors Of the evening as Iago with tho
tenor Tamagno as Oiheilo, and Signora Panteleoni
rs Desdemona. These artists received numerous
recalls. There was a most brilliant audience
representing the art and literature Of the world.
The streets around the theatre were crowded
throughout the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
PERSONAL.
gent voters.

Karl Blind has recently Withdrawn from the Intorna.
tona Arbitration and Peace Association. OF whose ex-
ecutlve committee he had been member for several
years It's stated that dur NJ his connection with IL lie
opposed attempts made Ia the association to
raise an Alsace- Lorraine question.
The chief burden OF the PhlIdaphian's life at
present IL to discriminate between Mr.. George dc B.
Ksim receiver of tho Reading Railroad Company, and
Mr. Gsorse de Is. Keim exSherif aud Democratic can
didate for Mayor Mesdames Keim have been much
b,thered In their social affairs 10y this identity OF Names
hut nave M hit upon measure OF relief Mrs. kelm
Vic of the recever whites her with small I'd
I'm ode" and Mrs. Keim, wife or the politician, uses
bIa big ID In the. same pace
Paris has erected two monumental statues. One
of Dens Papin Of patent digeser fame OF whom tho
nscrintlon saws he invented the seamengine In 1890
and one of Nicolas Leblanc, the inventor OF artificial
soda
The late John NJ Laird, OF Greelsburg, PENN was tho
oldest active journalist In that State. Edwin NJ Stanton
WINS once an apprentice in his printing office steuben-
WILLIE Ohio During the War OF the Rebellion no was
Union Democrat, but bitterly opposed Stanton that
ON one occasion he had barrcade his office against
furloughed soldiers and Indignant citizens, wanted
to mob him and drive him out Of town. Secretary stan
ton heard Of IT, and tsegraphed: Let the old alone,
and do not worry him." After that Laird secured from
stanton the pardon OF young solder who had been con
demned for sleeping on hs p0st ~ sentry ono OF the 10"
parions tho stern War Secretary ever granted
Marie Heilbronns furniture and personal effects have
been publicly sold In Paris for good prices fashionable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
4 UNIQUE DUEL.

'"Pm MS good a man rs Mr.. Dahen either physi-
colly or mentally, and stand ready to make good
wbat | say either here or elsewhere his re-
mark is reported to have been made in one of the
courts of Justice in Pittsburg on Friday by Coun-
sei,or Porter in reply to pretty inverted compli-
mont which Mr. Dalzcu had just paid him. 1t
would appear that the angry passions of both gem
uemcn had risen considerably above low water
mark and the circumstance Is surprising consider
ING that Pittsburger never before was known to
lose or mislay his temper except when he caught
some abandoned New-Yorker spelling pittsburg
with an n.
Tho alteration would not possess moro than
local interest were 1t not for the extraordinary
nature OF Mr.. Porter's challenge. lie stands ready
to demonstrate that he rs as good npn Mr..
Dalzell "ether mentally or physically" Now
here's the puzzle. II Dalzell accepts the challenge
how Is Porter going to make good his words so far
as mentally is conccrnedp The question can
.eadily be settled physically" with FISTS shot
guns, hunks Of Fttsburg COAL baseball clubs.
lighted kerosene lamps or other weapons. But
mentally Is what bother us. Does Porter in
tend to dare Dalzell to 20 with him before the
f'ittsburg Civil Service Board thc Pennsylvania
Teachers Association to the end that they shall
b subject to an exhaustive competitive sxamina-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07

APPEALS TO COURTS IN EXCISE CASES.
Petitions are in circulation calling upon the
Legislature to repeal the act passed last wear
providing for an appeal to the courts in cases
where the Excise Commissioners in largo cities
have refused to grant licenses to sell louor.
This act is one Of doubtful cxpediency. and the
people of this State would have been better off
if it had never been placed upon the statute
book 1t is law in the interest Of liauor-sell-
ers. It's practical effect is to increase the num-
Der of grog-shops, not to diminish them. It
is not measure in the interest of morality and
order
In saying this VIC are by no means casting
q reflection upon our courts or limiting that
they arc not capable OF dealing with these
matters in wise and proper manner. But the
law In question works only ono way. 1t
gives the courts the right of review only
In cases where license has been denied for
what seemed good and sufficient reasons; it
does not empower Judge to say that license
has been wrongly granted and must be with
drawn. It Is wholly a one-sided act. II II IL
not repealed its scope should be enlarged 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
MlRRIAGE LICENSES IN YEW- YORK.

MARRI1GE LICENSES IN NEU-TORh.
The Committee on Amendment OF the Law
presented at a recent meeting Of the Bar Assoc
ca ion Of this city "proposed act regulating
the issue Of marriage licenses" The comments
upon IT by prominent lawyers were favorable.
and it's passage is TO he urged upon the Lcgis-
laturc nj its present session. 1t deserves thor
ough considcra ion.
The proposed law has hccn carefully drawn.
II requires all persons desiring TO marry. iirst
to obtain license from one Of the designated
officers. including Judges as well as clerks oil
towns villages and counties The applicant
must state whether the man is more than twcn-
ty-onc years old and the woman more than
eighteen if not the consent to such marriage
must he given before the officer by parent or
guardian Of such minor II Is made n misdc-
mcanor for any one 10 sOcmnizc a marriage
or to enter into matrimOny without such Ii
ccnse first beng Obtained or for any officer
to issue license contrary TO the provisions Of
the act But while such offence NAV lie pun
isnod as a crimc. it Is At the same time pro-
vidcd that "no marriage Otherwise valid shall
bc deemed TO bc inyalidatcd or in any way az
fccted by an omission 10 comply with the re-
quircmcnts Of this act"
Tho courts Of no State have gone beyond
those Of NcwYorll in the libcralty with whicl.
they have regarded marriage as Il civil contract.
requiring no formality but only the simplest
and barest form Of oral agreement This has
mainly sprung from the hest of motives in
particular an unwilllngncss to declare children
Legitimate where the contrary could legally lc
held. But this tendency Of the courts in the
absence OF any general maniagc-liccnsc law
has carried with IL numerous evils. Many Of
the domestic and social scandals that in recent
years have shocked this and other commun-
tiles Of the State might have been avoided il
marriage, and especially marriage between chill
drcn not yet out Of the schOol-room, had not
been so easy. Tho penalty for the crime in
volvcd if such law were upon the statute
books, would restrain most mprudcnt and rash
ministers and many runaway couples from
violating It's mandates, while the provision that
a marriage entered into in any other way shall
not he invalidatcd would save from ilegitmacy
any Of the offspring of such ricgularly married
PERSONS precisely as under existing law.
The BILL as drawn by the Bar Association
committee, follows substantially, We believe.
the statute now in operation in Pennsylvania.
where, il is claimed, the most salutary results
have followed its enactment. The Legislature
should not permit another session TO close with
out giving to NcwY0rk a marriage license law
with provisions of equal efficacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
BIO GUNS FIRST OF ALL

| Extravagant outlay in providing for Nation
al defence is to be deprecated. Certain SEN
ators are quoted as favoring an appropriation
Of $1OO,OOO,UOO for Notifications and another
of equal amount for fleet. This Is foolish
lie made on this scale. both Navy and fortifca-
tons would be built with precipitate haste and
without due regard for the scientific conditions
of the problem of National defence. So prac-
teal a Nation as the American people will not
sanction the squandering of millions on made
quate and ill-digcstcd schemes Of harbOr de-
fence and naval reorganization. The work
must be deliberately and judiciously done.
The most urgent requirement both on land
and sea Is that Of heavy ordnance. Ii this
country were to he plunged into war without
warning, the most serious source OF cmbar-
rassment would be the lack Of facilities for
manufacturing big guns. The plant and mech
anism for producing modern artillery cannot DC
hastily improvised. 1t is the duty of Congress
to anticipate the needs of the feet which 1t Is
creating, and also If the system of Notifications
which it is urged to sanction, by taking active
measures for stimulating the manufacture OF
American guns If the heaviest weight. II tho
artillery for fleet and forts were provided In
advance, delay in pcrfccting schemes of Ma
tiona defence would not involve great risks.
The bOmbardment of Alexandria disclosed
The weakness of feet Of powerful ironclads In
attacking earthworks. With everything In
favor of the ships, with smooth sea and calm
weather, and with inferior guns. unframed
artillcrists and poor Notifications on shore,
bombarlmcnt of ten hours was necessary be-
fore tho Infcxiblc and her fcllow-ironclads
coud call the victory their own. The English
engineers, who reported to the Home Govern
ment the facts in relation to the condition of
evidently depressed by the evidence. They
frankly admitted that wcll-made carthworks
cannot be effectively preached by the broad
sides Of feet, and that the only method Of
silencing them is the slow process of picking
of the guns one by one by "pot-shots from
the decks.
II German artllcrists had been behind those
inferior guns, and if they had been allowed 4
few weeks for improving the dclcnces, the
record of the bOmbardmcnt would have been
far more discrcdtable to the fleet than it was.
The defensive qualities Of ordinary carthworkS
" hich can he rapidly constructed have never
hccn moderated 10y experienced military en-
ginccrs. II this country had an adequate sup
ply Of heavy guns, the forilcatiOns would lie
Of secondary importance. Likewise on the sea.
n big gun on small hoating-carriagc would
Ike q mosl effective weapon OF defence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

On entering store In Richmond Va even II Won do,.
know the proprietor 1t Is the proper thing say "Hov
dye do how's all yoursr lie will reply Fright smsrs
Ireckon come In yeah" And before you know II W..
are sitting down In the cosest Of the store tan.
about Cleveland and the last tobacco crop You win ana
by the way that the average vrnian thinks good
more OF tobacco than he does Of Cleveland
A Mesalliance at Tuxedo.-Mrs Rapide: Aren't vou
going p Join US after the bag this morning Toni
tom Thanks no dear I've got to stay at home and do
-lTdBita
Denver is the highest Of the State capitals being 517s
feet above the ses level Annapolis Md, Is the lowest
being only four feet above the sea level
Ungalant-Little Toodles: I wish vou had so,.
skates too, Aunt Meg. 49, ~ '"'""
Aunt Meg wishing to encourage generosity: You
LITTLE Little Toodlss No. you don't know what Imeau
and find all the weak places In the ice-[Tid- Bits
OF the thirtyone murderers arrested in San Franc.
in 1886 only one has been hanged The that even
one has been hanged may little stranger until 1.
Is explained that he Chnaman
There Is o $50 year post ofce vacant in Arkansas
for which there already applicants with
several counties not yet heard from.
How inconsistent most persons arel You shoot of
pun brand possibly, and you are Threatened
s GSests WIN spend dollar and
ne can remember 10 his friends and acQuaintanceS
Colonel lngersol once remarked there's something wrong
somewhere Boston Transcript.
Cenralia Ill., Is known the Queen becsusa
the culture Of this fruit is the principal Industry Of the
place Two years ago twenty-five carloads shipped
10 single day. and last train OF eighteen cars
went out loaded with this fruit This was the heaves
single shipment but fourteen to sixteen carloads no
uncommon daily shipment In tho height Of the ssAsoo
Tue population OF Centraa has doubled during the
last few years. and this In due to tho
Serious Afair-Naval secretary-Uncle Sam, those
|1 no., sin rs are simply insulting
"They are laughing at our Navy"
Humph! Tell them we consider our Navy no laugh
Ing matter and they'd think too they'd had 70 pay
for it."1Omaha World.
Eastern people should understand" says The Omaha
World that civilization Is exactly the East and
West and 10 the East when shooting ARRAYS occur
saloon will be in the background The State laws
the aud obeyed In just about the
AS In the East many good citizens ignore the law and
weapons when they appear to be necessary for pro-
lection. but Also In the East the vast majority take
luggage which discovered would cost fine, and which,
to those unaccustomed to handling them, constant
source OF danger"
"A fellow told me- Jones' you ought not say fool in
the pulpit why answered, that's the given name
OF half my crowd. couldn't get along without to-.
tsam Jones In Boston After this Is there any wonder
that Boston culture has not Endorsed the Reverend sam
uel III Baltimore American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
4 FINISHING SURPLUS.

| It was predicted weeks ago that II congress
did not soon make up It's mind what to do about
reducing the surplus, there would Re no surplus
to reduce Senator Allison has given during
this last week an elaborate examination OF the
appropriations made and threatened by lcgisla-
ton thus far, and has come to the conclusion
that the surplus is now not likely to exceed
| $15OOO,OOO The result depends largely upon
| the Defendant Pensions bill. it must be noticed,
and this bill has not yet been signed, nor arc
| opinions agreed as to its effect 1t is one OF
| the most striking proofs of the incompetence
of the House, in which revenue and appropri-
alton bills are expected to originate, that no
one pretcnds to have any decent data for al,
opinion regarding the number Of persons who
would he added 10 the rolls under this bill,
some holding that t.wouh exceed half a mill
ion. and that tho yearly outlay would be more
than $7O,OOO,OOO, while others think only
$7.OOOOOO or $S,OOOOOO may be added to
the yearly expenses. 1t is the constant marvel
Of foreigners that this Nation is not brought to
ruin by the follics Of Lawmakers, who vote
away money without knowing or caring whether
the amount is 81 OOOO 900 or $7OOOO,OOO.
Mr.. Allison's estimate is based upon con.
templated expenditure for tho sinking fund,
but no expressed the opinion that the purchase
of bonds at current rates for that fund would
not be justified Secretary Manning, in his
latest reply to Congress, alfirms that the "pay-
ment of the funded debt Mt these premiums to
the bondhoders is thrftlcss extravaganza"
But then, with a curious inaccuracy of thought,
no proceeds to say that the operation Of the
sinking fund (Which gives no trouble. will
cancel every dollar Of the public Indebtedness
in 1907" The precise question is how the
redemption of DEBT for the sinking fund, which
the law requires is to be made without the
purchase of bonds which the Secretary calls
"thriftlcss extravaganza" BY retirement OF
grecnbacks, it might I've said but the Secretary
in the same paper urges repeal of the act OF
March 81, 1878. rs necessary to stop the "com-
pulsOry post-rcdemption reissues of United
States notes"
Taking the lowest estimate Of the Dependant
Pensions bill, and assuming that the Secretary
will somehow find way to obey the sinking
fund act, by thriftcss extravaganza or other
wise. 1t still appears that Congress has already
contrivcd to get rid of large part of the sur
plus by increasing appropriations. This method
the Secretary styles appropriations for an OK
travagant and reckless outpour and expense
ike that of war; Unable to devise any other
remedy, tho Democratic Representatives are
not lacking in the faculty Of voting away money
wherever there is a vote 10 be cOurtcd or a job
10 he favored. The prospect is, that while
Mr. Randall and his friends carry on their long
range negotiations with Mr.. Carlisle about ways |
Of reducing the surplus, the House will soon |
reduce it 10 nothing without diminishing the |
rcvcnlc in any way whatever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
BELGIUM as 4 NEUTRAL.

The naturalization of Belgium is tradition
of English diplomacy. 1t does not have the
binding force whatever that may he, of treaty
law. During the war of 1870 apprehcnsons
of the invasion Of neutral territory were dis
PEELED by the abrupt negotiation of treaty at
the instance of Great Britain. 1t was a tri-
paItite agreement on the part Of Germany,
France and England that Belgium should he alb
solutely ncutralizcd. This treaty was, how
ever limited in time, remaining in force only
one year after the conclusion Of peace. In the
event Of war between Germany and France,
tho British Foreign Office would Ike bound by
the traditions of its former policy to propose
the renewal of this treaty. Whether the con-
vcntiOn would lie accepted again as submis-
siyely at Berlin and Paris as it was then is a
matter for strate gists rather than diplomatistS
to decide The double line OF imprcgnablc
fortresscs in the most exposed quarter renders
an aggressive campaign on the old battle
fields extremely hazardous. a new scat Of war
might be preferred on one side or the other,
and the road to it may lead through Belgium
English opinion on the naturalization of Bel
einm discloses signs of INDIGESTION. Seventeen
years ago the guarantees for the independence
vi bide NOuhpy WIN Souriitltu IL
triumph for London. English Journals when
they have REQUIRED to the subject in years
when European peace was unclouded, have
stoutly maintained that this was one Of the
few Continental questions which would justify
military intervention. Apparently, they arc
not so clear in their judgment at present They
hardly know whether England ought to go to
the full length of fighting for the inviolabihty
Of Belgian territory. Some of them apparently
suspect that it would bc injudicious even to de-
mand the renewal Of the guarantees of 1870.
The value, however, Of International compaots
of this sort has been seriously impaired since
the invasion Of helpless Denmark by two great
Powers in defiance of treaty law. This was
almost the first act in the rapid diplomacy Of
action by which Bismarck succeeded in dipping
Cabinets oyeithrowing dynasties, tearing up
treaties and changing the map Of Europe from,
end to end Possibly the veteran statesman
sowed all his oats before Sedan and has now
settled down TO old-fashiOncd ideas respecting
the sanctity of European obligations. General
BOulanger certainly has not had leisure for
cultivaling the arts of Talleyrand's "good
Europeans" who thought twice of the welfare
of the Continent before acting once in the in
tcrest of their OWL nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07

ton In science, ayt. literature, the languages
finance. ethics capital, labor. Hamlet's madness
evolution. tho Irish question. realism. the tart6
street cleaning, the government Of Cities taxation
the future OF the American novel, perpetual mo-
oion, manifest destiny, the best remedy for sea-
sickness and whatever else contributes to the sum
total Of human knowledge? Il q meeting Is to
be arranged between the two gen.
tlemcn 1t is earnestly to be hoped 1t viii be ex-
clusively Of this sort.
The physical duel Is base sur
vival OF coarser age and is utterly un,
worthy Of HtsbTg. The mental duel Is tho
thing 1t Is finer. and being more significant is
better calculated to afford satisfaction. IT, speak
ing physically" Mr.. =. should succeed In wiping
out Mr. D., or Mr.. D. should succeed In erasng
Mr.. T., what would 10 profit the winner as tho
sheriff introduced him to the hangmanp Less
than nothing. But il Mr.. T. should convict Mr..
ID. OF not understanding all the phases Of ting
Irish question, or h Mr.. d. should convict Mr..
L. Of being unable to name q sure cure for sea-
sickness, why then the warrior that came out first
best could point The Finger Of Scorn at the other
fellow. All the authorities on applied revenge
agree that man gets ampler satisfaction from
pointing The Finger Of Scorn at a vanquished but
enemy than by numbering the fellow
creature with whom he has had temporary mis-
understanding. Byron speaks Of "glOating on
anothers PAIN But one cannot gloat effectively
On dead enemy, since half the pleasure in gloat-
ing Is understood to consist in watching the un-
happiness which the exercise inspires in the
victim.
II the duel is fought mentally" it would be
we'll DO give due notice of the time and place, so
hat the railroads con arrange for special trains
Tor excursion parties.